Askold's Grave
Askold's Grave (Ukrainian: Аскольдова Могила, romanized: Askoldova Mohyla) is a historical park on the steep right bank of the Dnipro River in Kyiv between Mariinskyi Park and the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra complex. The park was created by the Soviets in the mid-1930s in place of an old graveyard around the Church of St. Nicholas, which, as the story goes, marks the place where Prince Askold of Kyiv was buried in the 9th century.[1]
In the Middle Ages, Askold's Grave was known as the Hungarian tract (Ukrainian: Угорське урочище, romanized: Uhorske urochyshche). According to the Primary Chronicle, it was the place where the Magyars crossed the Dnipro on the way from the Russian steppes to Pannonia. Archeological excavations have revealed a 9th-century dirham hoard and some remains of Izyaslav II's wooden palace. There's a modern stele commemorating the Magyar migration. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Askold's Grave was settled by the Orthodox monks of St. Nicholas's Monastery. Hetman Mazepa had the monastery moved to a nearby hill, where a new Baroque penticupolar cathedral was then erected. The existing church of St. Nicholas is a modest Neoclassical rotunda designed by Andrey Melensky in 1810.
A golden-domed chapel was built on the bank of the Dnipro in 2000. The Ukrainian Baroque revival chapel[2] is dedicated to Saint Andrew Protokletos and belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.[3]
Points of interest
- Landmark of Architecture "St. Nicholas Church"
- National Landmark of Archaeology "Uhorske village"
- Chapels: St. Andrew, Exaltation of Cross
- Memorial burial (rebuilt, partially): Memorial to Holodomor victims, Memorial to Heroes of the Battle of Kruty
- Monument to Saint Andrew the First-Called
Lost landmarks
- Priest's House
- Bell tower
- St. Nicholas Hermitage
- Necropolis (original)
Opera
The Opera Askold's grave composed by Russian composer Alexey Verstovsky and premiered in 1835, tells the story of how Askold and Dir happen to be buried in Askold's grave by Olga of Kyiv.
Gallery
- Askold's Grave, a painting of Vasily Shternberg (1837)
- St.Nicholas Church sketch by Taras Shevchenko (1846)
- St.Nicholas Church (1911, photo)
- St.Nicholas Church (2009, photo)
- Chapel of Exaltation of Cross
- Monument to Saint Andrew the First-Called
- Sculpture of Blessed Virgin Mary
- Askold's Tomb
- St.Andrew's Chapel
- Memorial to Holodomor victims with Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in the background
- Heroes of the Battle of Kruty memorial
- Modern stela commemorating the migration of Magyar tribes
- Official placard identifying the National Landmark of Archaeology Uhorske village
- Flight of steps down to Dnipro from St. Nicholas Church
- One of the Park's trails
- Traffic at the entrance (off Parkova Doroha, 2014)
- Winter 2013
References
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- Mikhail Bulgakov House of Residence
- Darnytsia concentration camp
- Baikove Cemetery
- Manor House Complex
- Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
- Kyiv Theological Seminary
- Konstantin Ushinsky Grave
- Taras Shevchenko House of Residence
- Vyshhorod Street
- Presidium Building
- National Academy of Sciences
- Building of Pedagogic Museum
- Building Complex
- Taras Shevchenko National University
- Nikolai Vatutin Grave
- Lukianivske Cemetery
- Monitor Zhelezniakov
- Vincent Chvojka House of Residence
- Grave of Cossack Officers Iskra and Kochubei
- Building Complex
- Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
- Manor House of the Murashko Family of Artists
- Babi Yar
- Column of the Magdeburg Rights
- Mykhailo Hrushevsky House of Residence
- Askoldova Mohyla
- Building Complex
- Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
- Building Complex
- Mykola Lysenko House of Residence
- Lesya Ukrainka House of Residence
- Memorial Complex
- Park "Vichnoyi Slavy"
- Memorial of Militsiya Men
- Building of the First Private Museum
- Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos
- Kyiv Museum of Russian Arts Building
- Taras Shevchenko House of Residence
- Shevchenko Lane
- Bykivnia
- Bourgogne Theatre
- Vydubychi
- City of Volodymyr
- Foundation and Wall Remnants
- Church Foundation of Fedoriv Monastery
- St.George Church Foundations
- Palace Foundation
- Irene Street
- St.Irina Church Foundations
- Kytayiv Settlement
- City of Yaroslav
- Zvirynets Caves
- Lach Gates Foundations
- Old Ruthenian Settlement
- Nyvky
- Church Foundations
- Berestove
- City of Izyaslav Svyatopolk
- Kyrylivska Archaeological Site
- Theotokos Church Foundations
- Klov Monastery
- Settlement at Shchekavytsia
- Foundations of Stone Church
- Yurkiv Street
- Fine court of Prince Vsevolod
- Klov
- Yurkovytsia Settlement and Burial
- Uhorske
- Prince Volodymyr Monument
- Monument to Mykhailo Hrushevsky
- Monument to Taras Shevchenko
- Monument to the Crew of Tarashchanets Armour Train
- Monument to Lesya Ukrainka
- Monument to Alexander Pushkin
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky Monument
- Monument to Mykola Shchors
- Andriyivskyy Descent
- Zamkova Hora
- Kyiv Fortress
- Hospital Fortifications
- Citadel with Bastions
- Lysohirsky Fort
- Zvirynets Fortifications
- Vasylkiv Fortifications
- Cathedral of St. Alexander
- Residential House
- Sahaidachny Street